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Adding Chinese herbal medicines to conventional therapy could decrease subsequent stroke risk for atrial fibrillation patients.
2020 Medicina Reduced Stroke Risk among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Chinese Herbal Medicines Treatment: Analysis of Domestic Data in Taiwan Zheng LC, Livneh H, Chen WJ, Lin MC, Lu MC, Yeh CC, et al.
Cohort Study Atrial Fibrillation
From a nationwide database, 11,456 AF patients aged ≧ 20 years between 1998 and 2007 were identified. Afterwards, we enrolled 2670 CHMs users and randomly selected 2670 non-CHMs users using the propensity score method. The occurrence of stroke was recorded until the end of 2012.
Within the follow-up period, 671 CHMs users and 900 non-CHMs users developed stroke, with incidence rates of 33.02 and 45.46 per 1000 person-years, respectively. CHMs use was associated with a 30% lower stroke risk, especially for those receiving CHMs for over two years.